Latest report says babies are exposed in the womb, to their detriment

3:46 AM,
Oct. 9, 2013

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Written by

Liz Szabo
| USA Today

A growing number of health advocates are raising concerns about possible links between the estrogenlike chemical BPA and breast cancer.

Consumer concern about BPA, or bisphenol A, has led manufacturers to remove it from baby bottles and infant formula packaging.

But BPA could also pose a risk to children long before they take their first sip of milk, according to a September report from the Breast Cancer Fund, an advocacy group. Babies are also exposed in the womb, the report finds. ...